He thinks eating nothing and denying any personal enjoyment (see the alcohol ban) is the way to improvement instead of say crazy things like more speed work.
It’s like over here is a tried and tested way of doing something that is proven to get results but no, the way I’ll go is to not do that and hopefully reach the same point by having one square of chocolate for dessert instead and referring to this approach as being a mad scientist.
I could understand denying yourself enjoyment if it meant running <2:15 or something semirespectable for a full-time pro. But this guy is living like a monk, eating like a bird, and abstaining from just about anything fun all for... a 2:22?? He could probably run a 2:40 and the end results would be the same, he's still a B-tier running and would have a flock of followers. Might as well enjoy life.
In 2017 I had my all-time worst running injury: a hamstring tear which sidelined me for 4 months, but worse than that was the ensuing hamstring tendinopathy which lingered for the better part of 2 years despite constant treatment, strength and mobility work.
All this time I've been thinking... what was the missing link? Why did it take me so long to recover from this injury? And watching Seth's videos recently I think I've got it. EGGS! The secret recipe to returning from hamstring tendinopathy. I can't believe no sports doctor, physical therapist, or osteopath ever thought to consider that a simple breakfast of 1-2 eggs could eviscerate this brutal and often chronic injury.
Toast with that? A bagel? Some fruit, a banana maybe? No, please leave any actual food of substance out of the equation. We're pinching for pennies here and don't want True Love to starve for god's sake.
Shame I didn't have access to this DGR knowledge back in 2017 or I'd be back to 32 mile days in no time. Butter my bread baby!
In 2017 I had my all-time worst running injury: a hamstring tear which sidelined me for 4 months, but worse than that was the ensuing hamstring tendinopathy which lingered for the better part of 2 years despite constant treatment, strength and mobility work.
All this time I've been thinking... what was the missing link? Why did it take me so long to recover from this injury? And watching Seth's videos recently I think I've got it. EGGS! The secret recipe to returning from hamstring tendinopathy. I can't believe no sports doctor, physical therapist, or osteopath ever thought to consider that a simple breakfast of 1-2 eggs could eviscerate this brutal and often chronic injury.
Toast with that? A bagel? Some fruit, a banana maybe? No, please leave any actual food of substance out of the equation. We're pinching for pennies here and don't want True Love to starve for god's sake.
Shame I didn't have access to this DGR knowledge back in 2017 or I'd be back to 32 mile days in no time. Butter my bread baby!
Pretty sure Gene Dykes messed up his hamstring in his 50s and was out of commission for 6 years.
Hamstring injuries are a BFD. SJD has a history of faking ailments (e.g. the tummy ache at NYC last year) so this is really no different.
I think he cracked the plate when he was doing his little bendy test. I forget what shoe it was, but I definitely remember him snapping another carbon shoe on camera before too. Not like it matters to him. It's just going in the giant pile with the rest of the shoes he'll never wear again. What a waste.
I think he cracked the plate when he was doing his little bendy test. I forget what shoe it was, but I definitely remember him snapping another carbon shoe on camera before too. Not like it matters to him. It's just going in the giant pile with the rest of the shoes he'll never wear again. What a waste.
He definitely cracked that one, and said something like "oop - I hear some cracking" then just moved on. The DGR stans won't buy that one now, good job misrepresenting the point of a product, Seth. You are really helping shoe companies and shoe buyers with your antics.
I think he cracked the plate when he was doing his little bendy test. I forget what shoe it was, but I definitely remember him snapping another carbon shoe on camera before too. Not like it matters to him. It's just going in the giant pile with the rest of the shoes he'll never wear again. What a waste.
Is there a bigger consumer than SJD?
He used to a big giveaway from the old shoedio. No longer?
He' s made several videos where he cut up perfectly good shoes with 50 miles or even less in them just to see what they look like from the inside. The Adios Pro 2 for example he wanted to see the Energy Rod setup. A simple Google search would have shown him plenty of diagrams of the shoe. It' s very frustrating - these shoes are expensive and what he does just seems wasteful.
He calls this "deconstruction". Cutting a shoe up with a hand saw.
My locally owned running shop has a shoe donation bin. They send lightly used shoes to Africa so that poorer people can have access to good running shoes. Funny thing is, the owner of the shop isn't a Christian at all, he's just a good guy who cares about the community and hates thinking about the shoes he sells going to waste.
Then you have Seth, a so-called Christian who gets tons of free swag who seems content to cut it up (shoes, buff hats, whatever), or give it away to friends and family who don't really want it. Just so that he can make YouTube cash and get views.
Where in the bible does it say to beg for free swag from corporations then cut them up for clicks from strangers?
He calls this "deconstruction". Cutting a shoe up with a hand saw.
I used to watch and like his channel more in the past, but as time has gone by it has become pretty clear that Seth isn't the sharpest bulb in the shed. And his cosplaying as exercise physiology scientist or engineer is cringe.
All his shoe reviews give this impression of a 9 year old playing dress-up engineer. The durometer readings, his "twist test", random arbitrary durability predictions, etc. Apparently this informs his 1-10 rating scale that he's always bragging about being more and more "dialed-in", which is comical because he scores to the tenth of a point and literally every shoe ends up between 7-8.
Anyway the shoe "deconstructions" are just another example of this. Faffs about destroying a perfectly good shoe so he can pretend to be an engineer for 15 minutes and nearly slice his hand open in the process.
Let’s be VERY clear though. Not just an eggs. Good eggs. Seth has read many articles on eggs and can discern from their shell colour which is which. THIS IS NOT FOR AMATEURS. Please do not just eggs without either proper medical supervision OR having not read many articles on what constitutes good eggs. C’mon now *insert $8 smiling egg with arms/legs and headband to signify that it runs emoji*
Apparently this informs his 1-10 rating scale that he's always bragging about being more and more "dialed-in", which is comical because he scores to the tenth of a point and literally every shoe ends up between 7-8.
Underrated point right here.
Plus, does he review shoes twice? Once when they are out of the box, and once after 50 miles? The pegasus 39's he reviewed today showed some wear and tear but he didn't mention a 50 mile review. I think he just struggles to think of content so he just grabs a new ish shoe to review at this point.
Is there even a way to access a table of his reviews for shoes to see what I want based on the factors that matter to me, or would I have to watch 100 youtube videos to get there? Helping out shoe buyers indeed.
As the downward spiral of YouTube ideas continues... today's video is a review of a previous review.
You cant write this.
"Alright there you have it - how would I use this shoe? Classic daily trainer. I wouldn't use it for easy day. I wouldn't use it for tempo, you could, you could. I wouldn't use it for long... it's just a classic workhorse. You know, get those 6 to 10 mile runs in, day after day, at your, you know... steezy pace. You know, not even steady... steady to easy pace out there. Poundin' ground."
It's funny listening to him ramble, but I find it even funnier when reading what SJD is saying.
Yup, good example that he's just lost it. In his head, he's made things so convoluted that he can't just talk about a shoe in concise terms, he has to keep rambling out loud as he stumbles his way through this complex matrix he thinks he has figured out. That whole part, I was just like "wtf are you talking about dude?" So you call it a daily trainer/workhorse, but then you say you don't want to use it for most kinds of runs. Cool, that makes total sense. -_-'
"Guys this is a do-it-all shoe. It's a workhorse that's meant to be versatile. While other shoes might excel at specific things, this is more a Jack-of-all-trades, but it should be good enough to carry you through most of your training if it's comfy on your feet." Boom, done.
If you cut through his rambling, the point he's really trying to get across is "You don't want one daily trainer, you need several shoes to fill out your rotation, and you need to use my Running Warehouse affiliate links to get them. But also, still buy the Pegasus using those links too."
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